Following the pandemic, organizations are feeling the need for seamless workload and data connectivity through a mesh of public and private networks. There is an increased reliance on networks to create value within an enterprise and serve customers. Modern digital businesses are complex entities, posing new demands on network operations.
Businesses require network-on-demand to improve flexibility and bandwidth, without compromising security, to function efficiently and uninterruptedly. Traditional network operations are often unable to meet the demands of today’s dynamic and multidimensional networks. The key enterprise priorities are:
While a host of architectural paradigms help enterprises scale these challenges (automated provisioning, Zero Touch Operations or ZTO, and Secure Access Service Edge or SASE), our research suggests that technology modernization needs to be coupled with operations transformation to achieve scalable benefits. In the absence of a combined focus on technology and operations, enterprises may face value leakage in the form of poor resource utilization, talent and knowledge gaps, and sub-par operational visibility.
Successful network operations transformation initiatives provide the following benefits:
All industries and geographies
In this viewpoint, we examine:
Best practices for successful transformation